With a dominant market share of more than 51 percent in the asia pacific region - - more than all other payment brands combined , visa reported total volume for the 12 months ending december 31 , 2000 reached us $ 326 . 5 billion . this figure includes us $ 243 billion in card sales volume , plus a further us $ 83 . 5 billion of commercial activity using visa cards in china , as reported by chinese member banks 截至二零零零年十二月三十一日止的十二个月内， visa的交易总额达三千二百六十五亿美元，包括签帐额二千四百三十亿美元，以及中国会员银行透过visa卡进行的商业活动所录得的八百三十五亿美元交易额。
April , the chief executive , in response to the voices of the industry , announced a series of relief measures which i faxed to the trade immediately on that day . of the relief measures , the hk 3 . 5 billion government guarantee loan scheme , cannot do much to solve the problem of cash flow unless inadequacies are addressed 四月二十二日，特首终于回应业界的诉求，公布纾困措施，本人亦即时发传真通知业界，但对政府提出的措施，尤其三十五亿元的贷款基金，就强差人意，措施并不足够解决业界即时资金不足的问题。
